Apr 16
BitTorrent Sync is a feature that was announced a while back that is designed to be a cloud-like storage device that lets the user sync files across multiple devices. These … Continue reading
Apr 15
BitTorrent Sync
Mar 23
BitTorrent and cloud downloader app FrostWire has become the first open source torrent app to tie the distributed download system with Bitcoin, using the Canadian band ‘Aint No Love’ as … Continue reading
Mar 23
This article was written on October 22, 2007 by CyberNet.
Comcast is quickly gaining enemies from the BitTorrent crowd by using new technology to throttle torrent downloads. The Associated Press was able to confirm that they are in fact doing this through tests all over the nation. In their report they say that this move is “the most drastic example yet of data discrimination by a U.S. Internet service provider.” Luckily, there are some workarounds available that TorretFreak writes about which we’ll be taking a look at in just a minute.
This isn’t the first time that Comcast was accused of decreasing speeds or even cutting off BitTorrent transfers. They previously denied these accusations back in August, but this time around once the AP investigated, they admitted they were using an application to break every seed connection to “ensure all our customers have the best broadband experience possible.” Comcast’s spokesman Charlie Douglas said, “This means we use the latest technologies to mange our network to provide a quality experience for all Comcast subscribers.” And of course, because it is their network, they can do what they want and what they feel is necessary.
For those you who subscribe to Comcast’s Internet service and use BitTorrent networks, you really have two options: switch to a different ISP, or find a workaround. As mentioned, TorrentFreak has put together a list of what’s working to get around this and what’s not working so that you know what’s worth trying. One such suggestion is to run BitTorrent over encrypted tunnels like SSH or VPN, or even forcing protocol header encryption. They also advise to play around with the different options mentioned because while one solution may work for you, it may not work for someone else. What they say is not working is to “grab a hammer, visit the Comcast office, smash a keyboard and knock over a monitor” as one 75 year old woman recently did in Chicago. 🙂
There’s some good news and some bad to come from this is. The good is that Comcast is the only known ISP throttling downloads. The bad news is that others may follow in Comcast’s steps and try to implement technology to do the same. Fortunately there’s some more good news though, and that is that Comcast is paying big bucks for this technology. Given that they’re the largest Cable TV and Internet provider in the U.S. with 12.4 million subscribers, they’ve got the money to do this. Other companies, well, they just won’t have the money to spend trying to stop subscribers from using Torrent networks. From the sounds of it, instead of trying a workaround, you’re just better off ditching Comcast and moving on to a new provider.
Thanks for the tip Cory!
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Mar 07
Italy is cracking down on piracy in a mass shutdown of websites — in the form of blocking at the Internet service provider level — that are related in some … Continue reading
Mar 05
If you’re a musician who has worked hard on a new record, it must be pretty frustrating when it invariably leaks
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Feb 21
Australian synth-pop dance machine Cut Copy just dropped a new music video for its song "Explorers" which is made with 3D-printed figures that play the faceless, adorable leading roles. It’s really charming, but better still, the band and production company are making it easy for you to remix the video to your hearts content. It’s not just a fun video concept, it’s a killer song, too.
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Feb 19
Demonoid is Back Online!
Posted in: Today's ChiliThis article was written on April 11, 2008 by CyberNet.
The title says it all! Demonoid, a BitTorrent tracker, has been down since November 2007 when the Canadian Recording Industry forced them to close their doors. TorrentFreak reported today that the site would be resurrected under a new administrator, but I don’t think anyone was expecting that it would happen so quickly.
While it’s sad to report that Deimos is no longer in control of the site I’m definitely pleased to see it back up and running. I went to see if I could still hand out invites, but it looks like that system hasn’t been put back in place. I’ll keep an eye out so that when we do get some invites we can give a few out to some of our readers.
Other than that the site seems to be running pretty smooth. There haven’t been that many torrents uploaded thusfar today, but I’m sure in no time it will be re-populated.
Here’s the welcome back message that has been posted:
Since a few months ago, Deimos, the site administrator, lacks the necessary time to take care of the website, because of personal matters he’s been needing to attend to. For this reason, he has decided to leave the site staff.
Before leaving, he assigned a new site administrator from among his friends to take care of the site. The old moderator team will continue helping with the site, unchanged. We will try to keep running everything just as it always has been.
The trackers and website seem to be working properly, and should any issues arise, they will be taken care of as soon as possible. The site might be going on and offline over the next days as we work out any problems.
Welcome back, and enjoy your stay!
– Umlauf
Demonoid Site admin
It’s really hard to believe that what’s often claimed to be the best private torrent tracker ever is once again active.
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Feb 15
This article was written on May 13, 2011 by CyberNet.
Do you have suspicions that your ISP may be throttling (a.k.a. traffic shaping) some of your Internet traffic? It’s easy to tell if your ISP is blocking something, such as BitTorrent traffic, since nothing will get through, but it is more difficult to tell whether they are just restricting your download/upload speeds. That’s where the free Glasnost service comes into play.
Glasnost is a Java-powered web service that lets you run various tests for checking whether your P2P, email, or web traffic is being throttled by your ISP. Here’s a quick list of the 9 different tests you can run as well as a brief description of what gets tested with each of them:
- BitTorrent – Filesharing with BitTorrent.
- HTTP – A file download from a webserver using HTTP.
- IMAP – A download of an email with a large attachment from an IMAP email server.
- POP – A download of an email with a large attachment from a POP email server.
- Flash Video – Flash video over HTTP, as used by, e.g., YouTube.
- SSH – A file transfer over the SSH protocol, as done by the SCP utility.
- Gnutella – Filesharing with Gnutella.
- eMule – Filesharing with eMule.
- Usenet – Sharing Binary Files using Usenet Server (NNTP protocol).
I use Comcast for my ISP and I was happy to see that the couple tests I ran all came back saying that my traffic wasn’t being throttled. Of course this isn’t a definitive answer as to whether it is actually being done since they may only do it at specific times (e.g. during peak traffic periods), but it is a little more reassuring.
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Jan 23
In a ruling that some have called yet another nail in the coffin, a federal judge dismissed a case against one of the defendants in a mass BitTorrent lawsuit. According … Continue reading
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